Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:32 pm
It`s late 1980s. Canadians suffers for basketball fever. Two businessman (John Bitove and Arthur Griffiths) try establish two professional teams from Canada – Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies. In the same time businessman group establish club in Las Vegas – Bobcats.
National Basketball League invite those three teams to organization and until 1990/1991 season in league are 30 teams. League was splited to three division in two conference each ( in East – Atlantic, Central and South – East, in West: South- West, North – West, and Pacific Division). Toronto Raptors assigned to Atlantic Division, Vancouver Grizzlies assigned to North-West Division, and Las Vegas Bobcats assigned to South – West Division.
Expansion draft rules:
- If teams lost one of unprotected players, can`t lost next.
- Picks are spiral that means club who selected first pick in round expansion draft, can`t select first pick in the next round.
- Clubs can offer maximum: first pick player 7.5M$ per season, second pick 4.35M$, third pick 3.8$M, fourth 3.5M$, and any further picked players 3.0M$.
- Clubs may contract free agents and salaries cup is 60M$.
- Clubs didn`t select players in 1990 draft.
Unprotected players.
Philadelphia - Dexter Shouse(PG), Kurt NImphuis (C)
Milwaukee – Jerry Sichting (PG),
Chicago – Charles Davis ( PF)
Cleveland – Gary Voce ( PF)
Boston – Jim Paxson (SF), Dennis Johnson (PG)
Los Angleles Clippers – Jay Edwards (PG), Torgeir Brynn (C), Steve Harris (SG), Perry Young (SG)
Atlanta – Mike Williams (PF), Wes Matthews ( PG)
Miami – Jim Rowinski (PF)
Charlotte – Terry Dozier (PF), Brian Rowson (SF), Ralph Lewis (SG), Michael Holton (SG), Richard Anderson (PF)
Utah – Erick Johnson (SG), Raymond Brown (PF), Jose Ortiz (PF),
Sacramento – Michael Jackson (PG), Randy Allen (PF), Ed Stokes (C), Harrold Pressley (SF)
New York Knicks – Kenneth Scott (SF)
Los Angeles Lakers – Melvin McCants (PF), Steve Bucknall (SG), Jay Vincent ( SF), Michael Cooper (SG).
Orlando Magic – Ben Poquette (C)
Dallas – Mark Wade (PG), Anthony Jones (SG)
New Jersey – Jay Taylor ( SG), Stanley Brundy (SF), Rick Carlisle (PG), Purvis Short ( SG)
Denver – Eddie Hughes ( SG), Bill Hanzlik ( SF)
Indiana – Dyron Nix (SF), Calvin Natt (SF)
Detroit - Stan Kimbrough ( PG)
Houston – Lewis Lloyd (SG),
San Antonio – Zarko Paspalj ( PF), Jeff Lebo ( PG), Uwe Blab (C), John Moore (PG)
Phoenix – Mike Morrison (SG), Mike McGee (SF)
Seattle – Russ Shoene (PF)
Minnesota - Andrian Branch ( SG), Scott Roth (SF)
Portland – Nate Johnson ( PF)
Golden State – Marques Johnson (SG), Chris Welp (C), Leonard Taylor (PF)
Washingotn – Doug Roth (C), Ed Horton (SF), Mel Turpin (PF)
Expansion Draft:
First Round
1. Bobacats: Dennis Johnson
2. Grizzlies: Marques Johnson
3. Raptors: Purvis Short
Second Round
4. Grizzlies: Johny Moore
5. Raptors: Wes Matthews
6. Bobcats: Mel Turpin
Third Round
7. Raptors: Jay Vincent
8. Bobcats: Kurt Nimphuis
9. Grizzlies: Calvin Natt
Fourth Round
10. Toronto: Harold Pressley
11. Grizzlies: Russ Schoene
12. Bobcats: Mike McGee
Fifth Round
13. Grizzlies: Charles Davis
14. Bobcats: Lewis Lloyd
15. Raptors: Jose Ortiz
Sixth Round
16. Bobcats: Steve Harris
17. Raptors: Jerry Sichting
18. Grizzlies: Bill Hanzlik
Seventh Round
19. Grizzlies: Mark Wade
20. Bobcats: Jim Rowinski
21. Raptors Adrian Branch
Eight Round
22. Bobcats: Stan Kimbrough
23. Raptors: Nate Johnstone
24. Grizzlies: Gary Voce
Ninth Round
25. Raptors: Richard Anderson
26. Grizzlies: Ben Poquette
27. Bobcats: Kenneth Scoot
Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:50 am